Device for supporting radio coils and the like



F 1941- G. J. BARRY 2,230,923

DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING RADIO COILS AND THE LIKE Filed May 25, 1937 Patented Feb. 4, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING RADIO COILS AND THE LIKE Gerald J. Barry,Philadelphia, Pa., assignor, by mesne assignments, to Philco Radio and Television Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of Delaware Application May 25, 1937, Serial No. 144,730

6 Claims. (Cl. 248-409) This invention relates to a novel device for supopenings 3, as described more fully hereinafter porting an object, such as a radio coil unit, and (see Figs. 3 and 4). It will be understood that has for its principal object the provision of an the mandrel or support 2, together with the coils efiicient' device of this character which may be I supported thereby, constitute a coil unit, such manufactured and assembled very economically. as may be employed in the conventional multi 5 While the invention is capable of use for supband radio receiver. porting objects generally, it is particularly di- The resilient member or yoke 4 is preferably rected to the support of coil units in a modern formed from a strip of flat resilient metal bent to multiband radio receiver, that is, a receiver the shape 'shown in Fig. 3. The portion 8 which 10 adapted to receive signals in a plurality of difconnects the arms i'ls slightly bent or bowed, as 10 ferent frequency bands. Such a receiver necesclearly illustrated, for a purpose which will be sarily involves a substantial number of delicate explained later. As may be seen from Fig. 2, the or sensitive coils, and the support of such coils bent end portions of the arms 5 may be inserted presents no small problem. In the modern multiin the openings 3 by first inserting one of the band receiver, there is usually provided a high bent ends in one of the said openings and then 1 frequency unit comprising a base on which the springing the other arm sufilclently to permit the tuning condensers and other elements are insertion of its bent end in the other opening. mounted, and the various wave-band coil units Alternatively, the yoke may be inserted by slipare mounted below the said base and are supping it sidewise on the end of the mandrel.

2o ported thereby. When the bent ends are inserted in the opposed so The present invention provides a novel device openings, as shown in Fig. 2, the resilient memby means of which a coil unit may be supported her or yoke is interlocked with the coil support from a support, such as a base, in a very simple 2 and will remain in such interlocked position and effective manner and without requiring meuntil removed. Should it be desired to detach chanical attachment devices, such as screws, these parts, it is necessary to spring one of the :5 bolts, or the like. By virtue of its simplicity, the arms of member 4 outward so as to withdraw the deviceiseconomical to manufacture and assemble bent end thereof from the opening in the coil and, therefore, it constitutes a very satisfactory support, after which the other arm may be readily commercially practical means for mounting the removed.

coil units in a modern multiband radio receiver. In further accordance with the invention, there so The invention may be more clearly understood is pro ed 011 the pp t e I a tab 0 by reference to the accompanying drawing, in tongue 9 S Width that it y be i rted which snugly between the arms 5 of the resilient mem- Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the supber or yoke 4. The tongue 9 may be formed by porting device of the invention; offsetting a portion of the flat base I, as shown 35 Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same; clearly in Figs. 1 and 2, so that the tongue will Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the resilient yoke be integral with the b There re l o prefemployed in accordance with the invention; erably provided on the tongue 9 an opening I! Fig. 4 is a-perspective view of a portion of a (see Fig. 2) and a detent il (see Fig. 1). The 0 coll unit which may be supported by the device; detent may be formed by striking out and raising 40 and a small portion of the tongue 9. With the coil Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of amodlunit attached to the resilient yoke l, the tongue flcation. 9 is inserted within the yoke adjacent the end Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, there of the coil support or, in other words, the yoke is shown a portion of a base I which may be is placed over the tongue. The parts are prefformed of sheet metal and which is representative r bly o m n oned h i i n ssary to of any supporting means to which a coil unit may force the tongue 9 between the end of the coil be attached in accordance with the present inpp and the bowed portion 8 st the vention. Following the teaching of the invenspring action or resilience of the said portion.

tion, there are provided near the upper end of The yoke is thus moved over the detent II and 5 the mandrel 2 of the coil unit a pair of diainto place with the central bowed portion of the metrically-opposed slots or openings 3, and there yoke seated in the opening [0. This, together is provided avresilient member or yoke 4 having with the detent ll, serves to maintain the parts sides or arms I, the ends of which are bent as in assembled relation until they are forcibly deshown at 8 and are adapted to be inserted in the tached from one another. It will be apparent, u

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of course, that the resilient yoke may be removed from the tongue 8 by raising the bowed portion of the yoke sufilciently to clear the detent ll. When the parts are in assembled relation, as shown in Fig. 2, the resilient bowed portion I of the yoke maintains the end of the coil support 2 in snug engagement with the tongue I, and at the same time, the seating of the bowed portion in the opening it prevents lateral movement of the coil support.

In Fig. 5, there is shown a modification in which the tongue 9a or the support oibase la is offset or depressed, as shown at l2, so as to provide a downwardly projecting circular protuberance over which the end of the mandrel 2 snugly seats. The coil support is thus held firmly in position. The resilient bowed portion oi the yoke 4 extends into the recess at the top of portion l2 and engages the said portion, as clearly shown, thus maintaining the end of the coil support snugly against the tongue 9a. This interlocks the parts together'as will be clearly understood from the preceding description. It will be apparent that the parts of the device may be assembled or disassembled in substantially the same manner as described above.

It will be noted that in both of the embodiments illustrated and above described, the resilience of the arms of the yoke maintains the yoke in interlocked relation with the coil support or mandrel, while the resilience of the bowed portion of the yoke maintains the end of the mandrel in snug engagement with the tab or tongue 9.

It will be seen from the above description that the invention provides a very simple device which may be manufactured and assembled very economically without the necessity oi employing mechanical attachment devices requiring tightening or manipulation and which serves to hold a coil unit firmly in position. It will be understood, of course, that the invention is not limited to the specific forms of the device herein illustrated and described for the purpose of disclosure but that various other modifications of the device may be made within the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A device for supporting a tubular object, such as a radio coil unit, comprising a resilient yoke having a pair of arms with turned ends and a bowed portion connecting said arms, said yoke being adapted to extend around an end of said. object with said ends inserted in openings of said object, a supporting element adapted to extend between said bowed portion and said end, said element having an ofiset portion forming a protuberance over which the said end oi. said objeot seats, said bowed portion seating in the recess of said offset portion, whereby said object is held firmly in position.

2. A device for supporting a tubular object, such as a radio coil unit, comprising a resilient yoke having a pair of arms with turned ends and a bowed portion connecting said arms. said yoke being adapted to extend around an end of said object with said ends inserted in recesses in said object and said'portion bowed toward the end of the object, and a support having a tongue insertable between said bowed portion and the end of the object with the bowed portion pressing resiliently against said tongue.

3. A device for supporting a tubular radio coil form, comprising a spring clip formed from a strip or fiat resilient metal and having a pair of arms with turned ends and a bowed portion connecting said arms, said spring clip being adapted to extend around an end of said tubular form with said turned ends inserted in recesses in said form and said bowed portion bowed toward the end of said form, and a support having a tongue insertable between said bowed portion and the end of said tubular form with said bowed portion bearing resiliently against said tongue, said tongue having a width which is substantially equal to the outside diameter of said tubular radio coil iorm.

4. A device for supporting a tubular object, such as a radio coil unit, comprising a resilient yoke having a pair of arms with in-turned ends and a bowed portion connecting said arms, said yoke being adapted to extend around one end oi said object with said in-turned ends inserted in recesses in said object, said bowed portion being bowed toward said end of said object, and a support having a tongue insertable between said bowed portion and said end of said object, there being an opening in said tongue in which a central part of said bowed portion resiliently and positively seats, whereby said object is held firmly in position.

5. A device for supporting a tubular object, such as a radio coil unit, comprising a resilient yoke having a pair of arms with in-turned ends and a bowed portion connecting said arms, said yoke being adapted to extend around one end of said object with said inturned ends inserted in recesses in said object, said bowed portion being bowed toward said end of said object, and a support having a tongue insertable between said bowed portion and said end of said object, with the bowed portion pressing resilientlyagainst said tongue, and detent means on said tongue for limiting lateral movement of said object on said tongue.

6. In combination, a clip-like fastener member comprising a pair of spaced arms having hooklike portions at their free ends adapted to engage an article of manufacture through apertures located near an end thereof whereby said fastener member is secured to said article; a resilient connecting portion joining said arms at their ends opposed to the free ends thereof, a portion 01 said connecting portion being bulged toward said hook-like portions and toward the adJacent end of said article; and a support member of a width suiiicient to extend over a substantial portion of said end of said article and disposed between said bulged portion and said end of said article, the normal distance between said bulged portion and the adjacent end of said article being less than the thickness of said support member, whereby when said support is disposed between said bulged portion and the adjacent end of said article said bulged portion will force said adjacent end of said article tightly against said support member.

GERALD J. BARRY. 

